The song has gone straight to the top of the iTunes chart but Little Mix’s new single Shout Out To My Ex is not without its controversy and it’s not just its no holds barred lyrics that have got people talking.

The world famous girl group, featuring Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jesy Nelson and South Shields singers Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall, debuted the comeback track on Sunday night’s X Factor but within seconds of the first chorus sounding out on TV screens across the country, people were drawing similarities between Shout Out To My Ex and GRL’s Ugly Heart.

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The latter peaked at number 11 in the UK two years ago before the tragic passing of band member Simone Battle but on Sunday night a post on Simone’s verified Twitter account read #ShoutOutToUglyHeart’.

The now deleted post was mirrored by one on G.R.L’s official page which also read to ‘#ShoutOutToUglyHeart’ and is still there for all to see.

And the not so subtle dig was picked up by other Twitter users who agreed.

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One responded ‘@LittleMix ummm just because GRL aren’t that famous you think you can rip their song off’ while another posted ‘I can’t believe little mix ripped off GRL like that omfg’.

However, others have accused G.R.L of looking for publicity with one writing ‘Why do people ALWAYS try to ruin everything for lm? They sound similar yes but copied no. TONS of songs are similar’.

Staying rather diplomatic on the situation, another wrote “i like both songs & they are similar chorus’s but LM Slay so i dont even care”

Little Mix have yet to pass comment on the matter but similar to Ugly Heart or not, Shout Out To My Ex looks like giving them another huge hit.